title: Atrophy and decreased activation of fronto-parietal attention areas contribute to higher visual dysfunction in posterior cortical atrophy.
abstract: Voxel-based morphometry and functional magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated severe atrophy and decreased activation of visual attention areas and occipital lobes in a patient with early posterior cortical atrophy compared with healthy controls and patients with early Alzheimer's disease. Our complex approach indicates that structures responsible for attention can be damaged early in posterior cortical atrophy and may contribute to the characteristic decline in higher visual functions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Pecs, 2 Ret St, Pecs, 7623 Hungary.
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Feldmann
authors.forename: Anita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Trauninger
authors.forename: Lilla
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Toth
authors.forename: Gyula
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kotek
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kosztolanyi
authors.forename: Eniko
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Illes
authors.forename: Zoltan
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Pfund
authors.forename: Samuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Komoly
authors.forename: Ferenc
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nagy
authors.forename: Zsolt
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Illes
mesh_terms: D001284:Atrophy / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000473:pathology*; D010468:Perceptual Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*